Tory peer proposed delay on heated tobacco ban after Philip Morris visit | Tobacco industry

The counterpart of the suggested ban in the United Kingdom suggested to hot tobacco, after weeks of pushing the leading cigarette company to visit the research facility in Switzerland.

The Tobacco and VAPES bill will gradually raise the era in which consumers can buy cigarettes and other tobacco products, making the UK the first major economy to draw a path towards gradual disposal of tobacco.

However, the hot tobacco schedule can be disabled after Lord Fayezi has made an adjustment that requires more research in the “potential” damage that these products can cause for cigarettes.

The Vaizey proposal came six weeks after its guest Philip Morris International (PMI), which is the IQOS product is a hot tobacco mark on the world, during a two -day visit to the Neuchâtel Research Facility, Switzerland.

Procurement managers pushed Fayezi and Establishing flights, according to his parliamentary disclosure, which was analyzed by the Guardian ExaminationNon -profit news room that achieves global health threats.

The cost of the trip has not been revealed, and none of the purchasing managers said whether the British parliamentarians were there.

Three weeks after the trip, on April 23, Vaizey participated in a discussion in the House of Lords on the Tobacco Law and VAPES.

During the discussion, he revealed his visit to the facility of Philip Morris, known as the cube, as he hosted the Political Tobacco Company from Finland and Colombia.

Vaizey said he met the scientists there who were looking for hot tobacco.

“There is an argument that says that people should be able to reach nicotine if it can be done in a safe way,” said Fayezi, who said Iqos products.

“I want to say something controversial: it seems to be a lot of tone of this discussion back in the sins of large tobacco. Maybe he doesn’t admit – although this may be very nice – perhaps large tobacco move forward in terms of hot tobacco.”

On May 14, six weeks after his visit to Switzerland, Fayezi made his amendment, which will delay the ban on hot tobacco products, including IQOS.

He suggested that the Minister of Health be asked to “evaluate the damage to human health associated with the use of tobacco -related devices” and compare any damage to those caused by cigarettes.

The amendment appears to reheat the legal challenge elements brought by Philip Morris in 2023 against the tobacco law and VAPES, which was initially proposed by the previous government.

The Challenge of Procurement Managers asked whether the government’s consultation was “meaningful”, on the basis that the result was previously identified.

It also sought to reduce the ban on leaving hot tobacco products, which use devices to heat tobacco at a lesser temperature than traditional cigarettes.

The purchasing manager withdrew its challenge after a response from government lawyers, who stated that the relative damage to cigarettes against hot tobacco was not related.

This is because the gradual implementation of the embargo, which raises the minimum for the purchase of tobacco for one year every year, means that no one is affected will be able to choose between the two methods of swallowing nicotine anyway.

At that time, Whitehall sources said that the legal challenge was a delay tactic by Philip Morris, which IQOS heated tobacco products about 140 million units annually and replaced Marlburo as if it were his most successful product through net revenue.

Martin Makki, European Public Health Professor at the London College of Health and Equatorial Medicine, said that Vaizey was repeating the tobacco industry by noting that hot tobacco should be compared to cigarettes “instead of comparing the most suitable for not smoking.”

PMi did not answer The Guardian’s questions about Vaizey’s trip to Switzerland and its relationship with Peer Tory.

Lord Fayezi refused to comment.